Presentation of Novi Marof

The Town of Novi Marof (13,246 inhabitants in 2011, 1,956 in the town of Novi Marof) was granted the Town status in 1997.

Željko Heimer, 10 August 2014

Flag of Novi Marof

The symbols of Novi Marof are prescribed by Decision Odluka o opisu i uporabi grba i zastave Grada Novog Marofa, adopted on 30 March 1998 by the Town Assembly and published in the County official gazette Službeni vjesnik Varaždinske županije, No. 5. Decision Odluka o opisu i uporabi grba i zastave Grada Novi Marofa, adopted on 22 December 1999 by the Town Assembly and published on 11 February 2000 in Službeni vjesnik Varaždinske županije, No. 1, invalidates the previous Decision.
Unlike the 2001 and 2006 Town Statutes, the current Statutes Statut Grada Novi Marofa, adopted on 14 July 2009 and published on 16 July 2009 in Službeni vjesnik Varaždinske županije, No. 23, now include the description of the symbols.

The flag is in proportions 1:2, yellow with the coat of arms in the middle.

Željko Heimer, 20 December 2009

Coat of arms of Novi Marof

Coat of arms of Novi Marof - Image by Željko Heimer, 10 August 2014

The coat of arms of Novi Marof is "Vert a belfry argent on a mount of the same nebuly and in chief two daisies proper".

Željko Heimer, 18 February 2003

Table flag of Novi Marof

Table flag of Novi Marof - Image by Željko Heimer, 9 January 2015

The table flag (photo) is vertical, in proportions c. 9:5, with the coat of arms properly rotated and offset slightly toward the bottom, with the town name inscribed black beneath it.

Željko Heimer & Marko Vitez, 8 January 2015

Flag of Novi Marof seen in 2001

Former flag of Novi Marof - Image by Željko Heimer, 7 July 2004

Two different flags were hoisted on the Town Hall of Novi Marof as I photographed them, one in April 2001 and the new one in April 2003.
The old flag was white with the coat of arms; the road signs with the place name including the coat of arms were also changed from white to yellow in the same time. The flag hoisted in 2001 was not "white-washed" by the weather conditions, since the coat of arms was in well-preserved colours.

The commission for the public competition for the design of the coat of arms of was appointed by the Municipality Assembly. Headed by Ivan Rabuzin (1921-2008, a world renowned naive painter from Novi Marof), the Commission included Miroslav Klemm (an art historican at the Varaždin Town Museum, Pr. Stjepan Hajduk (history professor and Curator of the Varaždinske Toplice Museum), Ivan Tenodi, and Ivan Biškup (Varaždinske vijesti, 20 October 1993).

The flag is described in Article 4 of the consolidated Decision as follows:

The elongated rectangular field of the flag is divided in four parts,
divided with white horizontal and vertical ribbons. The four fields of
the flag are diagonally coloured blue and green. In the
middle of the flag is the coat of arms of the Municipality of Novi Marof, within a white outline inscribed "Novi Marof".
The ratio of the width to the height of the flag is 1:2.
The diagonally set blue and green fields of the flag symbolize the
blue sky above the green land.

The coat of arms is described in Article 3 of the consolidated Decision as follows:

The coat of arms of the Municipality of Novi Marof is composed of a painted
shield, without the usual heraldic parts [probably meaning without any
elements outside the shield]. The shield is in a semicircular
shape with curved top edges.
The shield is divided horizontally in two parts. In the heart of the shield is a church tower with two windows and a high bulb-shaped belfry top as
seen from askance. The tower is coloured silver and the belfry top blue.
On the right side of the top part of the shield is a ruined fortress,
above which are five circles of the same size set in an arc.
The fortress and the circles are silver on a red background.
On the left side of the top part of the shield is a river bridge with
two semicircular arches and the sculpture of a saint on the centre of the
bridge railings. Above the bridge are five circles of the same
size set in an arc. The bridge and the circles are silver on a golden background.
On the bottom part of the shield are wavy stripes above which
are semicircular clouds. The wavy stripes are interchangeably
green, golden and blue, while the clouds are silver.

The basic element of the coat of arms of the Municipality of Novi Marois the tower of the parish church in Remetinec, the Church of the Blessed
Virgin Mary - the Queen of the Holy Rosary, one of the most important
Croatian historical buildings. The silver circles above the tower
symbolise the rosary, the church's namesake.
In the top right part of the arms is the symbol of the ruins of the
Greben-grad fortress, one of the most important fortified medieval
Croatian cities, whose owners were also the owners of the lands on
which the town of Novi Marof subsequently developed.
In the top left part of the arms is the symbol of the old bridge on
river Bednja in Presečno, locally called the "Bridge
between the Saints", marking the border between [former] Varaždin County and Križevci County.
In the bottom of the arms the wavy stripes symbolize the cultivated fields.